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VIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

Field	Value
unit_name	VIII Army Corps
native_name	VIII. Armeekorps
image	VIII Armeekorps.svg
dates	October 1934 – May 1945
country	Nazi Germany
branch	Army
size	Corps
battles	World War II
notable_commanders	Ernst Busch
Gustav Höhne
Walter Heitz

Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Białystok–Minsk
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
Battle of Stalingrad
Lublin–Brest Offensive
Vistula–Oder Offensive
Lower Silesian Offensive Gustav Höhne Walter Heitz

VIII Army Corps (VIII. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II. It was destroyed during the Battle of Stalingrad and reformed in mid-1943.

Commanders

Cavalry General (General der Kavallerie) Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, 21 May 1935 – 3 February 1938
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Ernst Busch, 3 February 1938 – 25 October 1939
Colonel-General (Generaloberst) Walter Heitz, 25 October 1939 – 31 January 1943

After reformation

Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Gustav Höhne, 20 July 1943 – 1 April 1944
Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) Johannes Block, 1 April 1944 – 15 April 1944
Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) Hans Schlemmer, 15 April 1944 – 12 May 1944
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Gustav Höhne, 12 May 1944 – 10 September 1944
Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Walter Hartmann, 10 September 1944 - 19 March 1945
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Friedrich Wiese, 19 March 1945 - 20 April 1945
Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Horst von Mellenthin, 20 April 1945 - 8 May 1945

Area of operations

Poland - September 1939 - May 1940
France - May 1940 - June 1941
Eastern Front, southern sector - June 1941 - October 1942
Stalingrad - October 1942 - January 1943
Eastern Front, - July 1943 - September 1944
Eastern Front, central sector - September 1944 - May 1945

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